I added the exclamation point just to be annoying.
Here is a two-minute overview of one of my favorite books–Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work.
Category Archives: Writing Websites
Props Week [Week 2]: brainpickings.org
For a PDF of a quick look at Maria Popova’s brainpickings.org: Click Here.
Props Week, continued: Writing wisdom via Jordan Rosenfeld…
@Jordanrosenfeld
Some of her gems include:
- A fast draft gets it down, but it doesn’t finish it for you.
- Reading is an aerobics class for your writer mind.
- At the beginning, your character shouldn’t be too self-aware; leave room for growth.
- Each scene should still have a goal for your protagonist—and readers are most interested in your protagonist.
The source of Dabble Hour…
My first foray into Dabble Hour went fairly well. I only allowed myself that 60 minutes to follow peripheral projects, including writing for animation. Problem: I planted myself in Distraction Central, our public library. Good place to sit and work, but all those books…
No, I didn’t pick all these up in one trip. But still…someone here needs therapy.
Don’t you love the irony of my having a copy of Deep Work?
In his book Turning Pro, Steven Pressfield says “The amateur prizes shallowness and shuns depth.”
Seems I have a way to go with this…
Props Week: Recipient #4–Mike Brown’s Brainzooming.com
You want inspiration to think creatively? Here’s your site:
Props Week: Recipient #3–The Author Marketing Club
If nothing else, spend a little time perusing this site’s impressive collection of free tutorials.
Props Week: Recipient #2–The Creative Penn
I created a two-minute tour of Joanna Penn’s impressive work. [Again, no ulterior or profit motives. Just wanting to share online wealth with my site’s visitors.] Here it is…
Props Week: Recipient #1–Sell More Books Show
Going to take a little time this week to acknowledge people who provide good, helpful content for interested listeners/visitors.
No brown-nosing intended here. No profit motive. I just appreciate the updated information, tips, and tutorials these sites offer for free.
While slapping together some chile verde, completing today’s neighborhood walk, and following through on kitchen cleanup, I binge-listened to three episodes of the Sell More Books Show, a team effort of Jim Kukral and Bryan Cohen.
Some of today’s takeaways:
- Author Mark Dawson’s recent book launch [Episode 152] can teach us newbies a few key lessons.
- Go into business to help people and solve problems, says Jim. Making money will grow from that.
- Jim believes that, with the ever-increasing heap of Web content and our diminishing attention span, the future of books may well follow a micropayments for short books/chapters/serials’ model. [Episode 152]
Good stuff.
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